FNUS75 KBOU 202025 FWSBOU SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN GULCH...COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 225 PM MDT SUN MAR 20 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY... .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER TROUGH ON THE WEST COAST WILL KEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW. LIGHT UPSLOPE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL GIVE WAY TO DOWNSLOPE FLOW THIS EVENING. ON MONDAY THE GRADIENT ALOFT WILL TIGHTEN...A SURFACE LEE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP...AND WE ANTICIPATE A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS...ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS NEAR OR BELOW 10 PERCENT. ...THUNDERSTORMS IMPLY STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS... .THIS AFTERNOOON... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65. MIN HUMIDITY........9%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST 10-16 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......11000-12000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD. HAINES INDEX........2 VERY LOW. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....33. MAX HUMIDITY........46%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 14-20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8-16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL UNTIL 1900. BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER 2300. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD UNTIL 1900. POOR AFTER 2100. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....72. MIN HUMIDITY........9%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 14-20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN 30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13-24 MPH UNTIL 1200...THEN 29-40 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 1000...THEN 3200-4200 FT AGL UNTIL 1200...THEN 7800-8800 FT AGL UNTIL 1500...THEN 9600-10600 FT AGL UNTIL 1700...THEN 8000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR UNTIL 1000. EXCELLENT AFTER 1500. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .MONDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(50-60%) UNTIL 2400...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY(35-45%). MIN TEMPERATURE.....40. MAX HUMIDITY........37%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 14-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 32-48 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5800-6800 FT AGL UNTIL 2000...THEN 3200-4200 FT AGL UNTIL 2200...THEN 1200-2200 FT AGL UNTIL 0100...THEN BELOW 1000 FT AGL UNTIL 0400...THEN 1200-2000 FT AGL. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT UNTIL 2100...THEN VERY GOOD UNTIL 2200...THEN GOOD UNTIL 2400...THEN POOR UNTIL 0500...THEN GOOD. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY(50-60%) UNTIL 1200...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....53. MIN HUMIDITY........8%. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 14-24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 28-36 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3400-4400 FT AGL UNTIL 1000. 12200-13200 FT AGL AFTER 1200. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD UNTIL 0800. EXCELLENT AFTER 1400. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW. FIRE WEATHER TABLE FOR INDIAN GULCH. +++ DATA IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE HAS BEEN SAMPLED DIRECTLY FROM THE FORECAST DATABASE. VALUES IN THE TABLE MAY VARY SLIGHTLY FROM INFORMATION IN THE NARRATIVE FORECAST. PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK IF THE INFORMATION IN THIS TABLE HAS BEEN REPRESENTATIVE AND/OR USEFUL. +++ FORECAST SC PP TF RH 20FT G H L 10K MIXG TRAN VENTL AJTV VALID AT % % F % WIND S I A WIND HGT WIND RATE RATNG MPH T L MPH AGL MPH KT-FT 03/20-14 22 0 62 9 NE 6 1 10684 SW 14 120582 V 03/20-15 33 0 63 9 NE 7 7 2 1 SW21 12379 SW 13 132548 V 03/20-16 33 0 63 10 E 12 1 11601 SW 13 130625 V 03/20-17 33 0 61 11 S 16 1 10822 SW 14 128702 V 03/20-18 29 0 57 13 SW 20 31 2 1 SW20 10044 SW 15 126780 V 03/20-19 29 0 55 15 SW 17 1 7214 SW 13 88728 G 03/20-20 29 0 51 19 SW 13 1 4384 S 12 50676 F 03/20-21 29 0 46 23 SW 8 13 2 1 SW53 1553 S 9 12624 P 03/20-22 29 0 43 27 SW 8 1 1096 S 9 8946 P 03/20-23 29 0 40 31 SW 9 1 639 SW 10 5268 P 03/21-00 24 0 39 34 SW 10 16 2 1 SW60 182 SW 10 1590 P 03/21-01 24 0 37 37 W 10 1 164 SW 10 1439 P 03/21-02 24 0 36 39 W 9 1 146 SW 10 1288 P 03/21-03 24 0 35 42 W 9 15 3 1 SW54 127 SW 10 1138 P 03/21-04 24 0 34 44 W 10 1 130 SW 12 1320 P 03/21-05 24 0 35 46 W 12 1 133 SW 13 1502 P 03/21-06 24 0 35 46 W 12 18 3 1 SW43 136 SW 14 1684 P 03/21-07 24 0 36 46 SW 10 1 258 SW 16 3940 P 03/21-08 24 0 40 40 SW 9 1 381 SW 17 6196 P 03/21-09 24 0 45 32 SW 8 13 3 1 SW30 504 SW 20 8451 P 03/21-10 24 0 51 25 SW 8 1 2661 SW 22 62318 G 03/21-11 24 0 57 19 SW 8 1 4819 SW 25 116185 V 03/21-12 31 0 62 16 SW 9 15 3 1 SW30 6976 SW 28 170052 E 03/21-13 31 0 66 12 SW 12 1 8235 SW 29 205480 E 03/21-14 31 0 68 10 SW 15 1 9493 SW 29 240907 E 03/21-15 31 0 69 9 SW 17 28 2 1 SW25 10752 SW 30 276335 E 03/21-16 31 0 69 10 SW 17 1 9417 SW 35 273322 E 03/21-17 31 0 67 11 SW 16 1 8082 SW 40 270309 E 03/21-18 52 5 64 14 SW 15 23 3 1 SW39 6747 SW 46 267296 E 03/21-19 52 5 62 16 SW 15 1 5528 SW 45 218515 E 03/21-20 52 5 58 19 SW 15 1 4309 SW 45 169734 E 03/21-21 52 5 53 23 SW 16 24 3 1 SW44 3090 SW 45 120952 V 03/21-22 52 5 50 26 SW 17 1 2378 SW 43 91360 G 03/21-23 52 5 48 28 SW 18 1 1666 SW 41 61768 G 03/22-00 38 5 46 30 SW 20 30 2 1 SW67 954 SW 39 32176 P 03/22-01 38 5 44 32 SW 20 1 844 SW 37 27103 P 03/22-02 38 5 43 34 SW 20 1 733 SW 33 22030 P 03/22-03 38 5 42 36 SW 18 28 2 1 SW62 623 SW 31 16956 P 03/22-04 38 5 42 37 SW 17 1 1290 SW 33 39447 P 03/22-05 38 5 42 36 W 16 1 1958 W 36 61937 G 03/22-06 59 5 43 34 W 15 23 2 1 SW38 2626 W 37 84427 G 03/22-07 59 5 43 31 W 14 1 3373 W 36 103668 V 03/22-08 59 5 43 29 W 14 1 4119 W 35 122909 V 03/22-09 59 5 44 24 W 14 21 3 1 S35 4866 W 33 142151 V 03/22-10 59 5 47 19 W 15 1 6945 W 32 184967 E 03/22-11 59 5 48 15 W 17 1 9024 W 30 227783 E 03/22-12 26 5 50 13 W 20 30 2 1 W23 11102 W 28 270599 E 03/22-13 26 5 51 11 W 21 1 12027 W 29 301752 E 03/22-14 26 5 52 10 W 22 1 12951 W 30 332905 E 03/22-15 26 5 52 9 W 22 33 2 1 W24 13876 W 30 364058 E 03/22-16 26 5 52 8 W 22 1 13097 W 31 353431 E 03/22-17 26 5 51 9 W 22 1 12317 W 32 342805 E 03/22-18 26 0 49 10 W 22 33 3 1 W28 11538 W 33 332178 E 03/22-19 26 0 47 11 W 21 1 9317 W 37 282864 E 03/22-20 26 0 45 15 W 20 1 7096 W 40 233550 E 03/22-21 26 0 42 19 W 20 30 4 1 NW13 4874 W 44 184236 E 03/22-22 26 0 40 24 W 21 1 4438 W 44 168916 E 03/22-23 26 0 39 30 W 22 1 4001 W 44 153596 E 03/23-00 26 0 38 34 W 22 33 4 1 NW 7 3565 W 45 138275 V 03/23-01 26 0 37 36 W 21 1 3214 W 43 121067 V 03/23-02 26 0 36 35 W 20 1 2862 W 41 103858 V 03/23-03 26 0 36 34 W 18 28 5 1 NW 7 2511 W 40 86649 G 03/23-04 26 0 35 33 W 18 1 2460 W 39 84542 G 03/23-05 26 0 35 32 W 20 1 2408 W 39 82435 G 03/23-06 22 0 36 30 W 20 30 4 1 W16 2357 W 39 80328 G 03/23-07 22 0 36 27 W 17 1 2809 W 37 89323 G 03/23-08 22 0 38 23 W 15 1 3261 W 36 98318 G 03/23-09 22 0 41 19 W 13 20 3 1 W33 3712 W 33 107313 V 03/23-10 22 0 45 15 W 12 1 4596 W 30 117295 V 03/23-11 22 0 48 13 W 10 1 5479 W 28 127277 V 03/23-12 22 0 50 11 W 10 16 3 1 W37 6362 W 25 137260 V 03/23-13 25 0 53 9 W 9 1 6883 W 25 150492 E 03/23-14 25 0 54 8 W 9 1 7404 W 25 163724 E 03/23-15 25 0 55 8 W 8 8 3 1 W37 7925 W 25 176957 E 03/23-16 25 0 54 7 W 7 1 6973 W 25 152589 E 03/23-17 25 0 53 8 NW 7 1 6021 W 24 128222 V 03/23-18 25 7 51 9 NW 6 6 3 1 W29 5070 W 23 103855 V KEY: FORECAST - MONTH/DAY-HOUR OF FORECAST /24-HOUR CLOCK LOCAL TIME/ VALID AT SC - SKY COVER /PERCENT/ PP - PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION /PERCENT/ TF - TEMPERATURE /DEGREES F/ RH - RELATIVE HUMIDITY /PERCENT/ 20FT WIND - 20-FOOT WIND /MPH/ GST - 20-FOOT WIND GUST /MPH/ HI - HAINES INDEX LAL - LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL 10K WIND - 10000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL FREE-AIR WINDS /MPH/ MIXG HGT - MIXING HEIGHT /FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL/ TRAN WIND - TRANSPORT WINDS /MPH/ VENTL RATE - VENTILATION RATE /KNOT-FEET/ AJTV RATNG - SMOKE DISPERSION ADJECTIVE RATING P - POOR F - FAIR G - GOOD V - VERY GOOD E - EXCELLENT $$ FORECASTER...WFO BOULDER REQUESTED BY...TIM MCSHERRY REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110320.INDIA.01/BOU